SolarWinds TechPod

When it comes to IT security, it can feel overwhelming. What needs securing and at what level? How do you prioritize? But when considering risk, this is very different conversation. Changing the conversation from security to risk helps shape an informed and balanced approach. Tim Brown discusses how to apply a risk-based model for security success and how to balance convenience with security to avoid slowing productivity or creating obstacles. 

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What is employee engagement and what does it have to do with IT? Andrew Eardley-Day, ITSM system administrator for Betfred and Joey Brown, product manager for SolarWinds® ITSM join episode host Chris McManus to discuss the importance of versatile service desk engagement methods for employees, including how IT can offer omni-channel engagement, ways ITSM can learn from consumer product support, and how IT bears more responsibility than ever for the overall employee experience. 

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On this episode of SolarWinds® TechPod, our host Patrick Hubbard™, SolarWinds Head Geek, is joined by Mike Pfeiffer, a twenty-year tech industry veteran who’s worked for some of the largest technology companies in the world, including Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS). We'll help you make sense of cloud and application performance management (APM), starting with which cloud provider is best for your needs, spanning multi-cloud strategies and the rise of custom applications, and ultimately, how tech pros should be managing all this added complexity with APM. 

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Phishing and malware are scary enough, but the number one tactic used by bad actors to get access to and take over accounts is something different: using compromised credentials. Why? Because it’s so easy! Data breaches happen almost constantly, and credentials get leaked. At the same time, people are prone to reuse the same few passwords across all their accounts. These two facts spell trouble, as it’s almost impossible for an IT professional to know if working credentials to their company email or CRM are floating around the dark web. Almost impossible that is, until now. 

SolarWinds® TechPod™ episode host Brandon Shopp, VP of product strategy, security, compliance, and tools discusses the threat landscape and what can we do about it, with Chris LaConte, chief strategy officer at SpyCloud. 

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Futureproofing. It’s a buzzword you hear a lot these days, but it can mean quite a few things if you’re an IT professional. Forecasting your next round of hardware upgrades? Sure. Migrating to the cloud, adopting the next whatever as a service, building out long-range budgets? Yup. Or maybe your current role now necessitates leveling-up IT skills for an evolving job title? The list goes on. At the end of the day, futureproofing has really become a larger exercise in adaptability and how you as an IT professional, your IT department, and your company navigate the endless change we’re all challenged with in this business.  

Join this SolarWinds® TechPod episode host Kevin Sparenberg as he delves into part two of futureproofing with Jez Marsh, Founder of Silverback Systems, Ltd., and Brad Cline, Director of IT for SolarWinds.   

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Future-proofing. It’s a buzzword you hear a lot these days, but it can mean quite a few things if you’re an IT professional. Forecasting your next round of hardware upgrades? Sure. Migrating to the cloud, adopting the next whatever as a service, building out long-range budgets? Yup. Or maybe your current role now necessitates leveling-up IT skills for an evolving job title? The list goes on. At the end of the day, future-proofing has really become a larger exercise in adaptability and how you as an IT professional, your IT department, and your company navigate the endless change we’re all challenged with in this business.  

Join this SolarWinds® TechPod episode host Kevin M. Sparenberg as he delves into all things future-proofing with Jez Marsh, Founder of Silverback Systems, Ltd., and Brad Cline, Director of IT for SolarWinds.   

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To maximize the benefits of business technology, IT asset management (ITAM) should have a strong relationship with service delivery. Over the years, ITAM has evolved beyond a spreadsheet of laptops and devices into a discipline of IT that can directly impact the day-to-day experience for employees. Through automated discovery, the IT service desk can leverage asset data to build a CMDB and deliver a better service experience.

SolarWinds® ITSM technical experts Matt Cox (Senior Director, Technical Services) and Tim Lawes (Manager, Solutions Engineering) discuss some of the ways to simplify IT asset management and leverage that data in ITIL practices.

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In this episode of SolarWinds® TechPod™, Destiny Bertucci and Eric Hodeen discuss SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager and the benefits of automated compliance.

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In this episode of SolarWinds® TechPod, Tech Talks, Alex Navarro sits down with SolarWinds Head Geek™ Sascha Giese to discuss how network monitoring as a strategy can take any organization to the next level by saving both time and money.

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In this episode of SolarWinds® TechPod, host Alex Navarro discusses how to survive and thrive before, during, and after an acquisition with the organizer in chief of Gestalt IT’s Tech Field Day, Stephen Foskett and SolarWinds Head Geek™, Patrick Hubbard.

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